EPI 35: Anti Aging & Living With Energy In Your 70's & Beyond with Oz Garcia

07/03/21 • 51 min

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You only want to live longer if you’re doing so in a healthy manner. Longevity when you’re in pain or feeling terrible is something of a curse. Listen as Oz Garcia shares his thoughts on living with energy in your 70’s and beyond.

Oz Garcia is a huge name in the world of biohacking and anti-aging. He’s been helping people age in a healthy way for many years and he’s extremely knowledgeable about what it takes to live a long, healthy life.

He works with everyone from celebrities to laymen helping to create individualized programs that build stronger, healthier bodies. He joins me today to chat about his methods, his thoughts, and what he’s learned as he’s reached his own later years.

If you’ve been struggling to get started with a good functional health program, then you won’t want to miss out on this conversation. Oz details why sleep is important at every age and stage of life. He’s also digging into his own diet and why he’s made the choices that he has. He also notes that his diet isn’t the right diet for everyone.

Most importantly however, is his focus on building a strong and flexible brain. Your brain is your key to making true change in your life. Creating mindfulness practices, moving your body, and reading are all integral to living a long healthy life.

Listen in to hear all of Oz’s amazing advice and recommendations.

In This Episode:

[00:16] Oz Garcia joins me to chat all about anti-aging and living with energy in your later years.

[01:24] Listen as he shares his background, work and how he got started in biohacking.

[07:37] What are some of the biggest changes in learning he’s seen over the years?

[10:02] Learn more about the history of social behavior and how it has impacted overall health and changing ideology.

[15:25] What should you focus on as you get older?

[18:53] Why he has a very plant heavy diet.

[21:29] How the human palate and brain work together to keep you stuck in unhealthy patterns.

[24:06] Does he avoid any particular foods?

[30:21] What he does for dessert.

[34:12] Oz’s advice for people who are struggling to make changes.

[38:14] You have to think through your decisions when you’re overcome with cravings.

[40:53] Learn more about the Waking Up App and how it helps with mindfulness.

[43:53] Your practices have to follow you no matter where you go.

[46:53] Oz shares his final words of wisdom.

[47:17] Connect with Oz.

Links and Resources:

Peak Performance Life

Peak Performance on FacebookPeak Performance on Instagram

Waking Up by Sam Harris

Waking Up App

NuCalm

King Corn Documentary

One Stop Regeneration

Listen in to hear all of Oz’s amazing advice and recommendations.

In This Episode:

[00:16] Oz Garcia joins me to chat all about anti-aging and living with energy in your later years.

[01:24] Listen as he shares his background, work and how he got started in biohacking.

[07:37] What are some of the biggest changes in learning he’s seen over the years?

[10:02] Learn more about the history of social behavior and how it has impacted overall health and changing ideology.

[15:25] What should you focus on as you get older?

[18:53] Why he has a very plant heavy diet.

[21:29] How the human palate and brain work together to keep you stuck in unhealthy patterns.

[24:06] Does he avoid any particular foods?

[30:21] What he does for dessert.

[34:12] Oz’s advice for people who are struggling to make changes.

[38:14] You have to think through your decisions when you’re overcome with cravings.

[40:53] Learn more about the Waking Up App and how it helps with mindfulness.

[43:53] Your practices have to follow you no matter where you go.

[46:53] Oz shares his final words of wisdom.

[47:17] Connect with Oz.

Links and Resources:

Peak Performance Life

Peak Performance on FacebookPeak Performance on Instagram

Waking Up by Sam Harris

Waking Up App

NuCalm

King Corn Documentary

One Stop Regeneration

Previous Episode

EPI 34: Why You Should Try Keto & How To Do It The RIGHT Way. With Ben Azadi of Keto Kamp

Do you suffer from type 2 diabetes, obesity, or weight gain? Are your joints in a state of constan inflammation? Are you not getting relief from traditional western medicine for your chronic illness? Ben Azadi is the founder of Keto Kamp and author of the book Keto Flex and an expert on all things keto. Today, we’ll deep dive into details of how to successfully implement the keto diet and the anti-inflammatory benefits of keto, which create a more healthy you!

Growing up on fast food, video games, and an unhealthy lifestyle, Ben found himself an obese adult weighing 250 pounds. In addition to being physically obese, he talks about himself as being “mentally obese” he was at rock bottom, searching for ways to end his life. “I knew I had to get my act back together. I felt broken, my health was in decline at 24 years old.”

Reading books and researching healthy living, Ben realized he had to take responsibility and ownership for the state of his health. By reversing his victim mentality, Ben was able to take control of his life and own his state of being. Nine months later, he had reduced his weight to a healthy 175 pounds.

Listen as Ben shares his healthy lifestyle journey and why he’s an advocate for the keto diet. Learn why keto is categorized as a metabolic process, how keto can lower the chronic inflammation in your body and the stages of the keto diet and how these stages progress you through your keto journey.

In This Episode:

[01:21] Ben talks about his lifestyle history and the unhealthy foods he was eating growing up.

[03:10] The importance of carving out a “mental six pack” to continue on his health journey.

[05:15] Anti-inflammatory benefits when you eat a keto diet.

[06:51] Foundations and basics of a keto diet.

[09:11] Using keto and the state of ketosis to switch over to burning fat.

[11:23] How Ben’s clients have reversed type 2 diabetes on the keto diet.

[14:02] First steps to take when starting a keto diet.

[17:22] Types of bad fats which lead to chronic inflammation.

[23:46] Macro breakdown of the keto diet.

[25:33] The difference between calories and quality calories.

[27:54] Getting healthy is about hormones and their interaction with your metabolic system.

[32:00] Negative health effects of chemical-based sugar substitutes.

[34:37] High cholesterol can sometimes be fueled by high inflammation.

[37:06] Basic keto foods and meals to kickstart your keto diet.

[39:40] Moving in and out of ketosis and the benefits of metabolic flexibility.

Links and Resources:

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Subscribe to his YouTube Channel

Get a copy of Ben’s book Keto Flex

Next Episode

EPI 36: Metabolic Flexibility, VO2 Max For Longevity, Keto vs Carbs For Performance, and Heart Rate Variability with Dr. Mike T Nelson

Peak performance is different for everyone. It’s one thing to know this intellectually and it’s another to have someone as well versed in health and longevity as Dr. Mike T. Nelson confirm it. Dr. Mike joins me to chat about VO2 Max, Heart Rate Variability, and diet for performance and longevity.

Dr. Mike has been has spent the last 18+ years researching the roles of oxygen absorption and heart rate on longevity and performance. While he doesn’t like the term “biohacking” he has found that there are ways to determine and increase your longevity through targeted diet and exercise.

But what works for me may not work for you. It all depends on your overall goals and exercise regimen.

He is sharing various ways that you can determine your VO2 Max, how to continue to measure it and why it’s important to know and understand. We also dive into the role of heart rate variability on longevity and ways you can measure yours.

Of course we also chat about diet and whether or not there is a standard diet one could use while working to increase overall performance and output.

This was a fantastic conversation and Dr. Mike provides fantastic ways to do your own studies and how to properly use your findings to better your overall performance.

In This Episode:

[00:11] Learn about Dr. Mike T. Nelson’s background and how he started in health and longevity.

[04:09] How does he define metabolic flexibility and what are the benefits?

[06:55] Is there a right and wrong way to implement metabolic flexibility?

[10:22] How the VO2 Max test should be used when determining your approach.

[13:04] Learn more about one way of testing VO2 Max and what to measure.

[16:56] What advice does he have for those people who aren’t good at using fat as fuel?

[20:24] If you don’t have equipment to determine your VO2 Max you can instead do this.

[22:19] His thoughts on strength training versus cardio.

[24:48] The hallmarks that they look for with regard to longevity.

[27:19] Dr. Mike shares his thoughts on chronic cardio and what makes sense for people to do.

[32:26] Is high intensity training better for your VO2 Max?